Part 840
2/9/2018
- Three days ago: "Let's have a shutdown. We'll do a shutdown, and it's worth it for our country. I'd love to see a shutdown."
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- Following eight hours of overnight deliberation and a final House vote of 240-186, Donald Trump used his signature to re-open the government. .
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- "@realDonaldTrump - Just signed Bill. Our military will now be stronger than ever before. We love and need our Military and gave them everything - and more. First time this has happened in a long time. Also means JOB, JOBS, JOBS!"
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- Meanwhile, the White House became consumed with the controversies of two staffers who resigned over allegations of spousal abuse. So strong was the scrutiny that John Kelly, who defended Rob Porter, one of the aides, offered his resignation to the President who didn't accept it but continued to loudly rattle off people he felt would be good replacements.
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- Amidst, all of that, the POTUS, just as Adam Schiff predicted, put the Democratic counter-memo on ice: “Although the President is inclined to declassify the Feb. 5 Memorandum, the memorandum contains numerous properly classified and especially sensitive passages, thus he is unable to do so at this time.” - Don McGahn
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Part 839
2/8/2018
- As the hours ticked down to midnight, one person stood in the way of passing the Senate’s 300 billion dollar budget to keep the lights on in the Federal government: Republican Rand Paul.
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Said Mitch McConnell:
- “Funding for the government expires in just a few hours. The bipartisan agreement before us funds our troops at the level requested by the Pentagon, addresses the opioid crisis, which is extremely big in the state of Kentucky and around the country, funds our veterans and many other shared priorities.”
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- "Now I understand my friend and colleague from Kentucky does not join the president in supporting the bill. ... But I would argue that it is time to vote.”
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- In rebuttal, Pau offered: “I ran for office because I was very critical of President Obama’s trillion-dollar deficits. Now we have Republicans hand in hand with Democrats offering us trillion-dollar deficits. I can’t in good faith, just look the other way because my party is now complicit in the deficits. Really who is to blame? Both parties.”
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- Meanwhile, the OMB strapped in for impact: “The Office of Management and Budget is currently preparing for a lapse in appropriations. As we stated earlier today, we support the Bipartisan Budget Act and urge Congress to send it to the president's desk without delay.”
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Part 840
2/9/2018
- Three days ago: "Let's have a shutdown. We'll do a shutdown, and it's worth it for our country. I'd love to see a shutdown."
.
.
- Following eight hours of overnight deliberation and a final House vote of 240-186, Donald Trump used his signature to re-open the government. .
.
- "@realDonaldTrump - Just signed Bill. Our military will now be stronger than ever before. We love and need our Military and gave them everything - and more. First time this has happened in a long time. Also means JOB, JOBS, JOBS!"
.
.
- Meanwhile, the White House became consumed with the controversies of two staffers who resigned over allegations of spousal abuse. So strong was the scrutiny that John Kelly, who defended Rob Porter, one of the aides, offered his resignation to the President who didn't accept it but continued to loudly rattle off people he felt would be good replacements.
.
.
- Amidst, all of that, the POTUS, just as Adam Schiff predicted, put the Democratic counter-memo on ice: “Although the President is inclined to declassify the Feb. 5 Memorandum, the memorandum contains numerous properly classified and especially sensitive passages, thus he is unable to do so at this time.” - Don McGahn
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.
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.
#art#drawing#chicago#chicagoart#penandink#illustration#art🎨 #artwork#art🌎 #artoftheday#donaldtrump#journalism#instajournalism#comicsjournalism#graphicjournalism#comics#comicstrip#politicalcomic#america#americanpolitics#trump#donaldtrump #governmentshutdown2018 #johnkelly#democrats#republicans#nixon#resist